单词	brutalize
释义	brutalizebru‧tal‧ize (also brutalise British English) /ˈbruːtəl-aɪz/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE brutalize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they brutalize he, she, it brutalizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they brutalized Present perfect I, you, we, they have brutalized he, she, it has brutalized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had brutalized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will brutalize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have brutalized Continuous Form Present I am brutalizing he, she, it is brutalizing you, we, they are brutalizing Past I, he, she, it was brutalizing you, we, they were brutalizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been brutalizing he, she, it has been brutalizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been brutalizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be brutalizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been brutalizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Many of the prisoners were brutalized by soldiers. Young men are often brutalized by their experiences in jail. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After 75 days of being brutalized and sexually assaulted by other inmates and ignored by the prison guards, Rodney hanged himself. He had been brutalized in prison and become cynical. Literacy can be gained by brutalizing the imagination. Not one of the nurses apologized or indicated in any way that they had been brutalizing the patient. Racial violence began again when law enforcement officers brutalized peaceful civil rights protestors. Slavery brutalized its victims, but it also corrupted its masters. The rumor quickly spread among the black soldiers that other blacks were being brutalized by the police. There is something about coal mining that seems to brutalize a place. 1to affect someone so badly that they lose their normal human feelings:  He was brutalized by his experiences in jail.2to treat someone in a cruel or violent way:  Demonstrators claimed they had been brutalized by police officers.GRAMMAR Brutalize is usually passive.—brutalization /ˌbruːtl-aɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tl-ə-/ noun [uncountable]
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